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IASC Sub-working Group on Gender Annual Meeting 13-14 October 2011

GenCap

 IASC Project established in 2007 as a response to

evaluations concluding gender keeps falling through the cracks

 57 deployments to 29 humanitarian situations by October

p y y 2011

 Inter-Agency mandate and role: mostly hosted by OCHA

and UNFPA

 Pragmatic and practical advice on how to mainstream

gender in humanitarian action

 How to ensure that women girls boys and men access and  How to ensure that women, girls, boys and men access and

benefit from humanitarian aid and services? People-centric approach to humanitarian action

 Driving force behind getting cross-cutting issues on the agenda

GenCap Appeal 2011 p pp

 170 months deployments for gender mainstreaming

p y g g

 Establishment of GBV window of GenCap Roster  30 months of GBV deployments

p y

 Support to gender marker initiative  Total appeal: USD 4.3 mill

GenCap Status 3Q 2011 p

• Currently, USD 3.25 mill (of USD 4.3 mill) received for 2011

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• Australia, Canada, Norway, Sweden
• Deployment months for 2011 estimated to 135 (of 200)
• GenCap Support Unit is part of OCHA Core Budget, merged

with ProCap Support Unit

GenCap Status 3Q 2011 (cont’d) p ( )

• 16 deployments

p y

• 2 completed: Chad, Niger
• 15 ongoing:

CDI DRC E hi i Lib i S li S h S d S d Zi b b Y

• CDI, DRC, Ethiopia, Liberia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Yemen
• 1 Roaming GenCap
• 2 Global Clusters: Geneva and Rome
• 2 regional, preparedness-focused: Pacific and Southern Africa
• Gender marker support
• Establishment of GBV window and recruitment of

Gender and GBV experts completed summer 2011

• GBV deployments to commence – in consultation with GBV

AoR

External Review in 2011

 External, independent review taking place August –  External, independent review taking place August

December 2011 (GenCap and ProCap)

 Managed by OCHA Evaluation and Guidance  Managed by OCHA Evaluation and Guidance

Section in New York

 Provide clear recommendations for continuation for  Provide clear recommendations for continuation for

projects, and if so, in what shape and form

Status Review

• What are we doing well?
• Since mid-2007: 53 deployments to 30 countries, increased activity level
• Deployments longer to most cluster countries (26 of 28 HC countries)
• Deployments longer, to most cluster countries (26 of 28 HC countries)
• Retention of experienced GenCap Advisers on roster
• Gender marker as effective tool
• Gender E-learning helping the capacity building in field
• Cross-cutting issues placed at Global Cluster Leads table - NATF
• Cost-sharing and country team buy-in…

Cost sharing and country team buy in…

• Multi-year funding indications from several donors…
• Challenges
• SADD
• Gender capacity in humanitarian action: institutionally and persons
• Accountability – who is responsible for gender?
• Accountability – who is responsible for gender?
• Role of UN Women = ?. Who is responsible for coordination of gender?

GenCap SC mtg 12 October p g

 Discussions more than decisions – awaiting results from the

external evaluation

 More core-staff/ 1-year contracts  Continue longer deployments to selected ongoing,  Continue longer deployments to selected ongoing,

humanitarian crisis

 Continue support to Gender Marker

I f id t i (t

 Increase focus on rapid response to new emergencies (two

roaming GenCaps?)

 Review impact of regional, preparedness focused

d l i l 2012 deployments in early 2012

 Relationship SWG Gender and GenCap SC, GenCap as

SWG operational arm

Questions and comments?

Impact of deployments p p y

 Impact on programming  Impact on

p p g g p institutionalization

Impact on programming

Impact on institutionalization